Marek Siemek
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Marek Jan Siemek was a Polish philosopher and historian of German transcendental philosophy (German idealism
). He was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy
of the University of Warsaw
and the director of its Department of Social Philosophy.
Marek Siemek was a disciple of Bronisław Baczko, one of the main representatives of the Warsaw School of the History of Ideas. In his early works Siemek interprets marxism
as a form of transcendental philosophy. In his later works ha abandons marxism for hegelianism
interpreted as transcendental social philosophy.
From 1986 member of International Advisory Committee of The Internationale Hegel-Gesellschaft
. Fellow of Collegium Invisibile
. On 10 February 2006 he received doctorate honoris causa of the University of Bonn
.
Marek Siemek had one son, currently residing in the United States.
German idealism
German idealism was a philosophical movement that emerged in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It developed out of the work of Immanuel Kant in the 1780s and 1790s, and was closely linked both with romanticism and the revolutionary politics of the Enlightenment...
). He was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw
Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw is a research institution located in Warsaw, part of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Warsaw...
of the University of Warsaw
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw is the largest university in Poland and one of the most prestigious, ranked as best Polish university in 2010 and 2011...
and the director of its Department of Social Philosophy.
Marek Siemek was a disciple of Bronisław Baczko, one of the main representatives of the Warsaw School of the History of Ideas. In his early works Siemek interprets marxism
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
as a form of transcendental philosophy. In his later works ha abandons marxism for hegelianism
Hegelianism
Hegelianism is a collective term for schools of thought following or referring to G. W. F. Hegel's philosophy which can be summed up by the dictum that "the rational alone is real", which means that all reality is capable of being expressed in rational categories...
interpreted as transcendental social philosophy.
From 1986 member of International Advisory Committee of The Internationale Hegel-Gesellschaft
The Internationale Hegel-Gesellschaft
The Internationale Hegelgesellschaft e.V. claims to be Germany's oldest surviving Hegel Society. It was founded 1953 in Nürnberg by Wilhelm Raimund Beyer .Mr...
. Fellow of Collegium Invisibile
Collegium Invisibile
Collegium Invisibile is an academic society in Poland, founded in 1995, that affiliates outstanding Polish students with distinguished scholars in accordance with the idea of liberal education...
. On 10 February 2006 he received doctorate honoris causa of the University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
.
Marek Siemek had one son, currently residing in the United States.
Main publications
- Fryderyk Schiller, Warszawa, Wiedza Powszechna, 1970
- Idea transcendentalizmu u Fichtego i Kanta, Warszawa, PWN, 1977
- Filozofia, dialektyka, rzeczywistość, Warszawa, PIW, 1982
- W kręgu filozofów, Warszawa, Czytelnik, 1984
- Filozofia spełnionej nowoczesności - Hegel, Wykłady Kopernikańskie w Humanistyce, vol. 2, Toruń, Wydawnictwo UMK, 1995.
- Hegel i filozofia, Warszawa, Oficyna Naukowa, 1998
- Vernunft und Intersubjektivität. Zur philosophisch-politischen Identität der europäischen Moderne, Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2000
- Wolność, rozum, intersubiektywność, Warszawa, Oficyna Naukowa, 2002
Translations
- "Prawdy szukamy obaj". Z korespondencji między Goethem i Schillerem, with Jerzy ProkopiukJerzy ProkopiukJerzy Prokopiuk is a Polish anthroposophist, gnostic, philosopher, and translator of literature. He has translated into Polish works written by Aldous Huxley, Rudolf Steiner, Carl Gustav Jung, Max Weber and many other authors....
, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1974 (translation of the correspondence between Goethe and Schiller) - Martin HeideggerMartin HeideggerMartin Heidegger was a German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the "question of Being."...
, Nauka i namysł; Przezwyciężenie metafizyki, in: Martin Heidegger, Budować, mieszkać, myśleć. Eseje wybrane, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1977 - György Lukács, Młody Hegel. O powiązaniach dialektyki z ekonomią, BKF, PWN, Warszawa 1980
- György Lukács, Historia i świadomość klasowa., BWF, PWN, Warszawa 1988.
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. His historicist and idealist account of reality as a whole revolutionized European philosophy and was an important precursor to Continental philosophy and Marxism.Hegel developed a comprehensive...
, Życie Jezusa, in: Zygmunt Freud, Mojżesz i monoteizm, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1995. - Johann Gottlieb FichteJohann Gottlieb FichteJohann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher. He was one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a movement that developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant...
, Teoria Wiedzy. Wybór pism, vol. 1, BKF, PWN, Warszawa 1996